Concordat


 
 

A concordat is an agreement between the pope and a government or sovereign on religious matters. This often included both recognition and privileges for the Catholic Church in a particular country, as well as the ability for a state to influence the selection of bishops within their territory.

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Pope: :This entry is about the Catholic Pontiff. For other uses of the word, see Pope (disambiguation)....

Sovereign: The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty.Sovereign is another term for monarch.Sovereign can apply to the head of a state, whether that head be one person (monarch) or a group (aristocracy or democracy). It is used in this sense in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.A Sovereign is ...

Catholic Church: The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, It was first used to describe the Christian Church in the early second century. Since the East-West Schism, the Western Church has been known as "Catholic", while the Eastern Church has been known as "Orthodox". The name "Catholic Church"...

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